Commentaries & Highlights

 PDF Key takeaways: The global economy is undergoing fundamental changes in production, demand, and even the definition of what is a product, according to Autodesk, and their strategy is focused on democratizing the solutions needed in this evolving world Autodesk is in their third era of delivering product development solutions: documenting (Autodesk disrupting with AutoCAD), optimizing (with solutions from many other solution providers), and now in an era of connection, where that word is laden with social and technical meaning Autodesk recognizes they must, in part, sow the seeds of their own “destruction” to ensure long-term growth in support of their democratization mission The global Autodesk University (AU) series held its biggest event of the year December 2-4 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over 10,000 were expected in Las Vegas, with another 12,000 attending regional AUs held at different times earlier in the year (and with still more attending online). Autodesk

 PDF Key takeaways: Dassault Systèmes continues to enhance its 3DEXPERIENCE Platform messaging and how it supports doing business in the age of experience Dassault Systèmes continues to build out its platform with the release of additional “experiences” Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Platform is being adopted by companies in multiple industries On November 11-12, 2014, approximately 900 Dassault Systèmes clients, prospects, partners, and employees gathered for the 2014 North American 3DEXPERIENCE FORUM at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV (with many more participating via a live video feed). Mr. Bruno Latchague, Senior EVP, Americas Market and Global Sales Operations and Mr. Ken Clayton, Vice President, 3DS Professional Channel, kicked off the event. Mr. Latchague provided some facts about Dassault Systèmes’ North American operations, including its 40 locations, 78,000 customers, and 132 partners. He spoke about how customers are moving to Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, which allows them to do business in the “age of experience.”

 PDF Key takeaways: Small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) generally avoided traditional product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, perceiving them to be rigid in processes and governance, high in cost, and neither consistent with nor supportive of the entrepreneurial mindset that helped SMBs become successful in the first place SMBs often either use ad hoc approaches such as email and network drives for product lifecycle processes, or adopt solutions of their larger enterprise partners—both approaches put SMBs at a disadvantage in the marketplace Kenesto’s hybrid cloud-desktop platform addresses SMBs’ key technology and business needs In Kenesto, project teams and users are in control of their documents and designs with anytime, anywhere access; an accessible and customizable personal dashboard, allows users to collaborate fluidly with their teams and supply chain partners, managing their files, projects, and tasks while staying in compliance with quality assurance and regulatory requirements By enhancing their solution to include an innovative intersection of cloud-based file

 PDF Key takeaways: 1,800 PTC customers, partners, and employees convened in Stuttgart at PTC Live Stuttgart 2014 and LiveWorx, on November 18 and 19 The acquisition by, and integration into PTC of ThingWorx and Axeda, two leading Internet of Things (IoT) solution and service providers, help PTC boost realization of their IoT vision and strategy PTC’s IoT Roadmap shows a solid foundation and framework, towards seamless integration of IoT into their overall Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) portfolio CIMdata recently attended the PTC Live Stuttgart 2014 and LiveWorx events in Stuttgart, Germany. These parallel events were held at the Messe Stuttgart venue, and registrants to either event could attend sessions in both events at will. The PTC Live event gave PTC customers the opportunity to not only hear and explore PTC’s solution strategies and roadmaps, but also to showcase their own work, network with peers, share ideas, and discuss how they are addressing their challenges. At

 PDF Key takeaways: Paying for software has always been challenging for most businesses; more payment options can lead to less risk and faster return on investment (ROI) Autodesk’s Desktop Subscription model enables companies to quickly ramp up and scale down the desired software access as needed Autodesk is providing more subscription options and flexibility, enabling customers to select the method that best fits their businesses Traditional Pricing for Product Design Software Today, most companies are trying to manage their finances, ramp up or scale down resources as work dictates, stay competitive, and at the same time reduce risk. Companies are continually trying to lower overhead by eliminating up-front software costs—especially for product design software—to reduce capital expenses and closely manage their budgets. Meeting these challenges has historically been difficult with the limited purchasing options available from most software solution providers. The traditional method of purchasing product design solutions has been to buy perpetual licenses for the software

 PDF Key takeaways: Existing Dassault Systèmes ENOVIA SmarTeam users have multiple options either to remain with their V5 environments, co-exist with the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, or migrate to the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Existing ENOVIA V5 products including ENOVIA SmarTeam will be enhanced and supported for years to come Dassault Systèmes, developers of the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform for product development, has reiterated their commitment to the ENOVIA SmarTeam collaboration platform. SmarTeam gained popularity within many companies for managing their CATIA V5, SOLIDWORKS and multi-CAD design files. Dassault Systèmes states that the full suite of ENOVIA products, including SmarTeam, will be enhanced and supported for years to come. CIMdata welcomes this pronouncement from Dassault Systèmes that provides SmarTeam customers the stability of a sustained solution for their CAD data management needs. As user companies face an increasingly difficult task of designing sophisticated products for their competitive industries, they cannot afford to have the tools upon which they rely shifting